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Woman, baby daughter die in 7-vehicle Tomei Expressway pileup

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers examine vehicles damaged by a pileup on the Tomei Expressway in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 12. Mayumi Nakata, 31, and her 6-month-old daughter Mika were killed in the seven-car pileup.

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Expressway operator to seek early completion of new road

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., pledges redoubled efforts for early completion of work to connect the Hamamatsu Inasa and Toyoda Higashi junctions in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture, respectively, on the New Tomei Expressway during a ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the ninth anniversary of the firm's foundation.

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Opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway stretch to be delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., meets the press in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 23, 2014, to announce a one-year delay to early 2015 in the completion of a 55-km stretch of the Shin-Tomei Expressway connecting the Hamamatsu Inasa junction in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Toyota Higashi junction in Toyota due to difficulties such as landslides.

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Bags from expressway banners

NAGOYA, Japan - A woman poses with bags recycled from banners that had been put up on expressways during an event in Nagoya on May 22, 2013. The products are sold by Central Nippon Expressway Co.

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Boy arrested for bus hijacking

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers investigate after a boy was arrested for hijacking a bus operated JR Tokai Bus Co. at Miai parking area on the Tomei Expressway in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on July 16. The boy, who was in possession of two knives, told the police he was a 14-year-old second grader at a junior high school in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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Contractors suspected of rigging bids for Nagoya highway project

NAGOYA, Japan - Major Japanese construction companies are suspected of rigging bids not only for Nagoya's subway extension but for the city's highway construction project (in photo), financed by the Nagoya Expressway Public Corp., informed sources said Jan. 23. Obayashi Corp. and Shimizu Corp. were among the contractors that led the joint ventures.

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4 dead, 10 injured in pileup on Chuo Expressway in Nagano

NAGOYA, Japan - An aerial photo of a pileup accident on the Chuo Expressway in the village of Achi, Nagano Prefecture. The pileup involving some 20 cars and trucks occurred at around 1 a.m. on Sept. 14, killing four people and injuring at least 10 others.

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4 dead, 10 injured in pileup on Chuo Expressway in Nagano

NAGOYA, Japan - Rescue workers work at the site of a pileup accident in the village of Achi, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 14. Four people were killed and 10 others injured in the pileup involving some 20 cars and trucks.

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Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coast, Hokkaido

RYUO, Japan - Cars run at a snail's speed on the Meishin Expressway linking Nagoya and Kobe on Dec. 18 after heavy snowfall hit various parts of western Japan overnight.

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(2)Japanese tourists injured in Egypt bus accident

NAGOYA, Japan - Two senior officials of tour organizer Hankyu Express International Co. bow in apology at a news conference in Nagoya on Nov. 25 after briefing reporters on a bus accident in Egypt, in which all 30 Japanese travelers were injured when their bus rolled over on an expressway linking Alexandria and Cairo.

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4 die in Tomei Expressway pileup

NAGOYA, Japan - An aerial photo shows the wreckage of a pileup involving 12 vehicles on the Tomei (Tokyo-Nagoya) Expressway in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture. Four people were killed and 13 others injured in the June 23 pileup.

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JR bus company chief apologizes over drunken driver

NAGOYA, Japan - Kimiyuki Yoshikawa, president of JR Tokai Bus, a unit of Central Japan Railway Co., apologizes in Nagoya on July 8 for an incident in which a drunken bus driver ran his vehicle into a parked car at a service area on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 7.

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Winter cold snap hits many parts of Japan+

HIKONE, Japan - The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train goes slow near Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Dec. 12 after the region had the season's first snowfall overnight. Many parts of the Japanese archipelago experienced the season's coldest temperatures so far Dec. 12, with some regions having their first winter snow. Running along the railway is the Tomei Expressway linking Nagoya and Tokyo.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in central Japan.

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New Year holiday exodus in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Nagoya-bound lane (R) of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2021, as many travelers head to their hometowns for New Year holidays.

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New Year holiday exodus in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Nagoya-bound lane (L) of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2021, as many travelers head to their hometowns for New Year holidays.

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Contractors suspected of rigging bids for Nagoya highway project

NAGOYA, Japan - Major Japanese construction companies are suspected of rigging bids not only for Nagoya's subway extension but for the city's highway construction project (in photo), financed by the Nagoya Expressway Public Corp., informed sources said Jan. 23. Obayashi Corp. and Shimizu Corp. were among the contractors that led the joint ventures. (Kyodo)

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JR bus company chief apologizes over drunken driver

NAGOYA, Japan - Kimiyuki Yoshikawa, president of JR Tokai Bus, a unit of Central Japan Railway Co., apologizes in Nagoya on July 8 for an incident in which a drunken bus driver ran his vehicle into a parked car at a service area on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 7.

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Return from holidays amid pandemic

Traffic is light at the Ebina junction of the Tomei Expressway linking Tokyo and Nagoya on Jan. 3, 2021, as seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. In ordinary years, roads are crowded on Jan. 3 as many people return from holidays. Fewer people than in ordinary years are seen at a shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station on Jan. 3, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Court denies company executives' negligence in deadly tunnel collapse

Relatives of five of the nine people killed in the December 2012 Sasago Tunnel roof collapse on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture head to the Yokohama District Court in Yokohama on Feb. 16, 2016. Later in the day the court rejected their claim that negligence by executives of a Nagoya-based expressway operator and its road maintenance subsidiary contributed to the roof's collapse. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court orders operators to pay damages over tunnel collapse deaths

Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., bows in apology at a press conference in Nagoya on Dec. 22, 2015. The Yokohama District Court ordered the expressway operator earlier in the day to pay around 440 million yen ($3.62 million) in damages to the families of five of nine persons killed when the concrete ceiling in a tunnel on an expressway collapsed in December 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court orders operators to pay damages over tunnel collapse deaths

Relatives of victims killed when the concrete ceiling of the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture collapsed in 2012 head to the Yokohama District Court on Dec. 22, 2015. The court ordered Central Nippon Expressway Co. to pay around 440 million yen ($3.62 million) in damages to the families of five of the nine victims, finding the Nagoya-based expressway operator and its Tokyo-based subsidiary had failed to appropriately maintain and repair the aging structure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 dead, 10 injured in pileup on Chuo Expressway in Nagano

NAGOYA, Japan - An aerial photo of a pileup accident on the Chuo Expressway in the village of Achi, Nagano Prefecture. The pileup involving some 20 cars and trucks occurred at around 1 a.m. on Sept. 14, killing four people and injuring at least 10 others. (Kyodo)

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Woman, baby daughter die in 7-vehicle Tomei Expressway pileup

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers examine vehicles damaged by a pileup on the Tomei Expressway in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 12. Mayumi Nakata, 31, and her 6-month-old daughter Mika were killed in the seven-car pileup. (Kyodo)

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Boy arrested for bus hijacking

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers investigate after a boy was arrested for hijacking a bus operated JR Tokai Bus Co. at Miai parking area on the Tomei Expressway in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on July 16. The boy, who was in possession of two knives, told the police he was a 14-year-old second grader at a junior high school in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coast, Hokkaido

RYUO, Japan - Cars run at a snail's speed on the Meishin Expressway linking Nagoya and Kobe on Dec. 18 after heavy snowfall hit various parts of western Japan overnight. (Kyodo)

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Expressway operator to seek early completion of new road

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., pledges redoubled efforts for early completion of work to connect the Hamamatsu Inasa and Toyoda Higashi junctions in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture, respectively, on the New Tomei Expressway during a ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the ninth anniversary of the firm's foundation. (Kyodo)

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Opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway stretch to be delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., meets the press in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 23, 2014, to announce a one-year delay to early 2015 in the completion of a 55-km stretch of the Shin-Tomei Expressway connecting the Hamamatsu Inasa junction in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Toyota Higashi junction in Toyota due to difficulties such as landslides. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japanese tourists injured in Egypt bus accident

NAGOYA, Japan - Two senior officials of tour organizer Hankyu Express International Co. bow in apology at a news conference in Nagoya on Nov. 25 after briefing reporters on a bus accident in Egypt, in which all 30 Japanese travelers were injured when their bus rolled over on an expressway linking Alexandria and Cairo. (Kyodo)

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Return from holidays amid pandemic

Traffic is light at the Ebina junction of the Tomei Expressway linking Tokyo and Nagoya on Jan. 3, 2021, as seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. In ordinary years, roads are crowded on Jan. 3 as many people return from holidays.

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Return from holidays amid pandemic

Traffic is light at the Ebina junction of the Tomei Expressway linking Tokyo and Nagoya on Jan. 3, 2021, as seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. In ordinary years, roads are crowded on Jan. 3 as many people return from holidays.

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Return from holidays amid pandemic

Traffic is light at the Yokohama-Aoba junction of the Tomei Expressway linking Tokyo and Nagoya on Jan. 3, 2021, as seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. In ordinary years, roads are crowded on Jan. 3 as many people return from holidays.

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New Year holiday exodus in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Nagoya-bound lane (R) of the Tomei Expressway in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2019, as many travelers head to their hometowns and resort areas for New Year holidays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year holiday exodus in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Nagoya-bound lane (L) of the Tomei Expressway in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2019, as many travelers head to their hometowns and resort areas for New Year holidays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Golden Week holiday travelers flood roads, train stations

Photo taken May 3, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tomei Expressway linking the Tokyo and Nagoya metropolitan areas on the first day of consecutive "Golden Week" national holidays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year holidays come to end

Photo taken Jan. 3, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway, linking the Tokyo and Nagoya metropolitan areas, crowded at the end of the New Year holidays. Mt. Fuji can be seen in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year holidays come to end

Photo taken Jan. 3, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway, linking the Tokyo and Nagoya metropolitan areas, crowded at the end of the New Year holidays. Mt. Fuji can be seen in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 die in Tomei Expressway pileup

NAGOYA, Japan - An aerial photo shows the wreckage of a pileup involving 12 vehicles on the Tomei (Tokyo-Nagoya) Expressway in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture. Four people were killed and 13 others injured in the June 23 pileup. (Kyodo)

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Winter cold snap hits many parts of Japan+

HIKONE, Japan - The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train goes slow near Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Dec. 12 after the region had the season's first snowfall overnight. Many parts of the Japanese archipelago experienced the season's coldest temperatures so far Dec. 12, with some regions having their first winter snow. Running along the railway is the Tomei Expressway linking Nagoya and Tokyo.